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> there are plenty of genius addicts. How many is plenty? And how does that compare to the general population? The claim isn’t that addiction and intelligence
by rcme 4y ago
> there are plenty of genius addicts.
How many is plenty? And how does that compare to the general population? The claim isn’t that addiction and intelligence are mutually exclusive. Rather, the claim is that intelligence makes addiction less likely.
- guerrilla 4y agoAlmost all that I care about mid-last century anyway. I mean give me a break, Einstein smoked. If you seriously think addiction has anything to do with intelligence then you've never been addicted and know nothing about it.
- rcme 4y agoHere is a study that looks at alcoholics: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6851852/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6851852/ According to the study, alcoholics had a lower baseline IQ before becoming addicted to alcohol. So that does seem to support that lower cognitive function is somehow linked to becoming an addict.
- themitigating 4y agoCould that also mean Einstein might have been even smarter had he not smoked